NASA probes detect man-made bubble around Earth
They observed two high-speed waves: the first travelled at 1,860 miles per second and the second, less than a fourth that speed. At times, these interactions can create a barrier around Earth against natural high energy particle radiation in space.

Trump says he did not ask Comey for his loyalty
White House officials and others insisted on anonymity in order to disclose private conversations and internal deliberations. CNN reported Friday that Comey is "not worried" about Trump's suggestion that their conversations could have been recorded.

Libraries hold summer reading programs
Staff will attend sessions at day care and early learning centers to present puppet shows and participatory activities. There will be a variety of games, prizes, and activities - including an obstacle course.

End of an era - General Motors disinvents in South Africa
GM also has said it is investing about $600 million a year in efforts to develop autonomous vehicles and transportation services. In South Africa , Chevrolet will disappear by the end of 2017 as well, but like in India , GM will support existing customers.

'Seattle's son' Chris Cornell mourned in city
Heavy is the Head gave the Zac Brown Band number ones in both the Mainstream Rock and Country Airplay charts in the U.S. Cornell had appeared to be in good spirits Wednesday when he tweeted , "Finally back to Rock City" before the show.

Global Oil Supplies Inch Down In April: IEA
Global benchmark Brent crude was up $1.41 at $52.25 a barrel by 3.28pm GMT, having touched $52.63, the highest since April 21. The announcement was later supported by Kuwait's oil minister Essam al-Marzouq.

Chelsea Manning released after 7 years in military prison
Her sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama , who noted she had already served more time than other government leakers. Last week, Manning tweeted her excitement about her impending release: "Freedom was only a dream, and hard to imagine".

With Chris Cornell's death, a generation lost its Robert Plant
I woke up this morning after bad dreams last night, only to find the real nightmare - that Chris Cornell of Soundgarden was dead. And his music ended up saving so many others, they helped others - people like me, get out of a funk", Richards said.

Roger Ailes had strong roots in native OH, friends say

Rupert Murdoch, the head of Fox News' parent company 21st Century Fox, said Mr Ailes played a "huge role in shaping America's media over the last thirty years". Not sure I would have been President w/o his great talent, loyal help.

Friends and high school classmates of longtime Fox News CEO and OH native Roger Ailes say he was down-to-earth and never forgot his Midwestern roots.

Born in Warren, Ohio, his big break came in 1967 when Richard Nixon appeared as a guest on a talk show he was working on, persuading the future U.S. president about the power of television.

The controversial Ailes built Fox News into a media empire but was forced to resign in disgrace previous year following allegations that he sexually harassed female colleagues.

In fact, Ailes' impact on American life - in exploiting and expanding our cultural and political differences - made President Trump possible.

He understood and weaponized anger against elites, and as much as anyone he helped get elected to office, redefined conservative politics. And one, paradoxically, in which a central tenet of faith is seeing liberals as perpetually aggrieved.

Although his being gay was long and open secret, Smith finally came out publicly last fall when speaking about the Ailes sexual harassment scandal.

But Fox was in a real sense built on sexual harassment, in its preoccupation with the sexual sins of Bill Clinton and other Democrats.

He said the firm's client Lidija Ujkic had claimed in her lawsuit that Ailes insisted that President Obama was a Muslim who worked with terrorists and discussed "the Fox News recipe for success as showing women from the feet up". His death was announced in a statement by his wife, Elizabeth Ailes, to The Drudge Report.

'He was very fatherly and mentorish, ' he also said of Ailes.

Trump on Asking for Comey's Loyalty: 'I Didn't'
The committee had hoped to hear from Comey in a closed session following his abrupt firing on Tuesday by President Donald Trump. Trump's visible anger and erratic tweets prompted a reporter to ask Spicer on Friday if the president was "out of control".

The Fox co-founder, a consultant to Republican presidents and a central figure in the conservative USA political movement, was ousted from the network in July past year after a sexual harassment lawsuit from former news host Gretchen Carlson.

"Roger was a great patriot who never ceased fighting for his beliefs".

Ailes, who started his career in local television, served as a media consultant and adviser to three Republican presidents, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush.

"In the years I worked with Ailes he was a great mentor, deeply patriotic, committed to Fox News and really anxious about America", Gingrich, a Republican, wrote on Twitter.

Roger Ailes single-handedly rewrote the rules of TV news, building a media juggernaut to cap a landmark career. While the idea was never taken up by the Republican president, it was the germination of a concept that eventually turned into the Fox News channel, a conservative powerhouse that debuted on October 7, 1996.